ELEMENT: Disabilities, Disorders, and Conditions

What's included: Physical disabilities, mental disorders, and physical conditions/ailments that are explicitly confirmed by the script (aka. canon) and are not magically cured by the "power of love."

*Disclaimers:

Currently, intersex conditions are not included in this list for 2 reasons: 1.) Most stories largely take place after the individual has received treatment and/or transitioned. 2.) Most stories have not displayed any of the hinderances/obstacles/special considerations that some of these conditions come with, outside of gender identity.
Currently, amnesia is not represented on this list for 2 reasons: 1.) It is mainly used as a plot device, rather than as a condition. 2.) Most stories only keep the amnesia for a short period of time, as it is either introduced temporarily or is cured at a key plot moment.
Conditions related to being (un)dead are also not included, for obvious reasons. Likewise, for conditions stemmed from supernatural and/or reincarnation reasons.

Kristana’s List | MDL 2023 Chall. List

Pending: Comments under each drama about the reasons/characters warranting their listing.

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1. Sleep with Me

Filipino Drama - 2022, 6 episodes

7.5

Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder (Female Lead)
Post-Accident Wheelchair User (Female Lead)
2. My Tooth Your Love

Taiwanese Drama - 2022, 12 episodes

7.0

PTSD (Male Lead)
3. A Tale of a Thousand Stars

Thai Drama - 2021, 10 episodes

9.5

Heart Condition (Male Lead)
4. Be Loved in House

Taiwanese Drama - 2021, 12 episodes

8.5

Extreme Nickel Allergy (Male Lead)
5. Date

Chinese Movie - 2021

8.0

Deafness (Female Lead; Supporting Character)
6. Don't Say No

Thai Drama - 2021, 12 episodes

8.0

Repressed Childhood Trauma (Male Lead)
7. HIStory2: Boundary Crossing

Taiwanese Special - 2018, 8 episodes

8.0

Irreparable Knee Injury (Male Lead)
8. Itsuka no kimi e

Japanese Movie - 2007

7.5

Dissociative Identity Disorder (Male Lead)
9. Josée

Korean Movie - 2020

8.0

Lifelong Wheelchair User (Female Lead)
10. Flower of Evil

Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes

9.0

Schizophrenia/Illusions. Misdiagnosed Antisocial Disorder. (Male Lead)
11. The Eclipse

Thai Drama - 2022, 12 episodes

8.5

Depression (Male Lead)(Supporting Character)
12. The Sweet Love Story

Chinese Drama - 2020, 27 episodes

8.0

Bipolar Disorder (Supporting Character)
13. Until Rainbow Dawn

Japanese Movie - 2018

9.0

Deafness (Female Leads)(Supporting Characters)
14. Wedding

Korean Movie - 2017

7.0

Deafness (Male Lead)
15. Utsukushii Kare

Japanese Drama - 2021, 6 episodes

8.0

Dysphemia (Male Lead)
16. Remember Me

Thai Drama - 2022, 14 episodes

8.0

Selective Mutism (One of the Mains)
Lifelong Wheelchair User (Supporting Character)
17. Be Melodramatic

Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes

10

Prolonged Grief Disorder (One of the Mains)
18. We're Not Trash

Korean Drama - 2022, 8 episodes

9.5

Bipolar Disorder (Female Lead)
Depression (Male Lead)
19. Extraordinary Attorney Woo

Korean Drama - 2022, 16 episodes

Autism (Female Lead)(Guest Characters)
20. Good Doctor

Korean Drama - 2013, 20 episodes

Autism (Male Lead)
21. Stand Up

Chinese Movie - 2009

Post-Injury Wheelchair User (Male Lead)
*Based on true story.
*Role played by the person himself.
22. Our Blues

Korean Drama - 2022, 20 episodes

Down Syndrome
Deaf/Hard of Hearing
23. It's Okay, That's Love

Korean Drama - 2014, 16 episodes

10

Schizophrenia. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. (Male Lead)
Anxiety Disorder. Intimacy Phobia. (Female Lead).
Tourette's Syndrome (Major Supporting Character).
Conduct Disorder (2 Major Supporting Characters).
Borderline Personality Disorder (Major Supporting Character).
Dissociation (Major Supporting Character).
Neurological disorder (Supporting Character).
24. Love in the Dark

Hong Kong Movie - 2021

7.5

Total blindness (Male Lead)
25. Two Lights: Relumino

Korean Special - 2017, 1 episode

10

Retinitis pigmentosa (Male Lead)(Support Characters)
Total blindness in one eye, blurry vision in other (Female Lead)
Varying degrees and types of blindness (Support Characters)
26. The Tuxedo

Thai Drama - 2022, 8 episodes

8.0

Agoraphobia (Male Lead)
27. Koidesu! Yanki-kun to Shiro Tsue Garu

Japanese Drama - 2021, 10 episodes

Blindness (Female Lead)
28. Only You

Korean Drama - 2022, 2 episodes

9.0

Agoraphobia, Depression (Female Lead)
29. Moonlight Chicken

Thai Drama - 2023, 8 episodes

10

Acquired Deafness (Major Support Character)
30. Are You Human Too?

Korean Drama - 2018, 36 episodes

Leg injury that resulted in a metal rod she has to be conscious of (Female Lead)
31. Angel's Last Mission: Love

Korean Drama - 2019, 32 episodes

Blindness (Female Lead)
32. Where Stars Land

Korean Drama - 2018, 32 episodes

Paralyzed from the waist down; loss of feeling in arm; partial loss of function in right arm (Male Lead)
33. Drama Special Season 8: The Reason We Can’t Sleep

Korean Special - 2017, 1 episode

Insomnia (Male Lead) (Female Lead)
34. Innocent

Taiwanese Drama - 2021, 4 episodes

Dissociative Identity Disorder (Male Lead)
35. Extraordinary You

Korean Drama - 2019, 32 episodes

Heart Condition (Female Lead)
36. Triage

Thai Drama - 2022, 13 episodes

Heart Condition (Male Lead)
37. Dear Doctor, I'm Coming for Soul

Thai Drama - 2022, 12 episodes

Heart Condition (Male Lead)
38. A Boss and a Babe

Thai Drama - 2023, 12 episodes

6.0

Major Depressive Disorder, under professional treatment (Major Supporting Character).
39. The Eighth Sense

Korean Drama - 2023, 10 episodes

9.5

Depression (Male Lead)
40. Happy Merry Ending

Korean Drama - 2023, 8 episodes

Panic Disorder (Male Lead)
41. Only Friends

Thai Drama - 2023, 12 episodes

Insomnia (Male Lead)
42. Kekkon Aite wa Chusen de

Japanese Drama - 2018, 8 episodes

8.0

OCD - Mysophobic Type (Male Lead)
43. Forever Love

Chinese Drama - 2023, 30 episodes

6.0

Blindness (Female Lead)
44. Miracle

Taiwanese Drama - 2023, 13 episodes

8.0

Transient Memory Loss/Short Term Memory Loss - acquired after brain injury (Male Lead)
45. 140 Ji no Koi

Japanese Drama - 2021, 4 episodes

7.0

Post-Accident Wheelchair User (Male Lead)
46. Don't Call it Mystery

Japanese Drama - 2022, 12 episodes

10

Dissociative Identity Disorder (Supporting Character)
47. Twinkling Watermelon

Korean Drama - 2023, 16 episodes

Anxiety/Panic Disorder (Female Lead)
Deafness (Eun Gyeol's Mother and Brother)
Acquired Deafness (Eun Gyeol's Father, Female Lead)
48. Midnight Museum

Thai Drama - 2023, 10 episodes

Disabled Leg (Male Lead; Minor Characters)
49. Unknown

Taiwanese Drama - 2024, 12 episodes

10

Brain Damage ie. Blood Clot Pressing on Optic Nerve (Male Lead)
50. Khun Mae Suam Roy

Thai Drama - 2018, 31 episodes

Waist-Down Paralysis (FL's twin sister)
51. Melody of Golden Age

Chinese Drama - 2024, 40 episodes

Night Blindness (Male Lead)
52. The Glory

Korean Drama - 2022, 8 episodes

Color Blindness (Male Lead, Female Lead's Daughter)
53. Joy of Life

Chinese Drama - 2019, 46 episodes

Blindness (Supporting Character)
Tuberculosis (Female Lead)
54. Echo of Her Voice

Chinese Drama - 2024, 24 episodes

Deafness (Male Lead)
55. Unspeakable Longing

Chinese Drama - 2024, 24 episodes

Gynophobia (Male Lead)
56. Xiao Cai Mi

Chinese Drama - 2024, 24 episodes

Gynophobia (Male Lead)
57. Follow Your Heart

Chinese Drama - 2024, 40 episodes

Face Blindness (Male Lead)
58. The Crown Prince Has Disappeared

Korean Drama - 2024, 20 episodes

Dissociative Identity Disorder (Male Lead)
59. The Gifted

Thai Drama - 2018, 13 episodes

10

Dissociative Identity Disorder (One of the Male Leads)
60. Kan Bu Jian Ying Zi De Shao Nian

Chinese Drama - 2024, 16 episodes

Mental Disability (Male Lead's Mother)
61. Spaceless

Thai Movie - 2024

8.5

Heart Condition (Male Lead)